(thanks to Sam)

Fight Club is starting to look somewhat prophetic this week – a number of recent events are reminiscent of ‘Project Mayhem’, Tyler Durden’s plan to bring down the structures and sensibilities of conservative/capitalist America (apparently loosely based on the Cacophany Society).
Specifically:

U.S. broadcaster Comcast ’somehow’ showed 30 seconds of porn to some viewers during its broadcast [...]

It’s funny because it’s true.  More champagne comedy at if movie posters were honest (thanks again to Sam for the link).

As part of my ongoing project to watch appalling, Z-grade movies, I have come across this: Troll 2, IMDB score 2.0 out of 10.  As IMDB reviewer  ‘Justin Michels’ helpfully tells us:
…”Troll 2″ is a life-changing experience, similar to the Middle Ages’ trials by fire. If you succeed in ingesting this festering piece of cinematic [...]

To add to the previous post, there is an epic flame/legal/political/technical discussion of the iiNet case at Whirlpool: link.
There’s also a discussion at Slashdot: link (more from a “you crazy Australians and your crazy laws” perspective).

You might remember this from a few days ago – a federal minister reading directly from the film and music industry script about the evils of piracy.
Now, in what seems not to be a coincidence (perhaps a coordinated campaign was agreed to in some Bond villain-esque meeting room), the film studios have decided to have [...]

And so it begins: link. If you copy DVDs, you are directly supporting drug trafficking and the rape of small children. As if you didn’t know that, you raping, drug-dealing monster, you.
The USA has been subjected to a torrent (get it?) of this kind of crap in recent years, but we have largely [...]

German officials have allegedly refused to grant the makers of a new film starring T. Cruise, Crazy Cult Member, access to historic military locations for the purposes of filming. The film is about a plot to assassinate Hitler, and the German military is concerned about the portrayal of important historical figures by a [...]

It’s with a mixture of fear and incredulity that I discover that Cate Blanchett is to play none other than Bob Dylan in a film about his life and times. A suitably disturbing full-sized picture is can be seen here.
The film is called ‘I’m Not There‘ and it sounds rather odd, to say the [...]

This feature on Rotten Tomatoes brings to mind a pet hate of mine. As they explain on the site,
we have combed through eight decades of Oscar winners to determine which Academy Award-winning film truly stands above the rest.
The idea is that they have taken the last 79 winners of the ‘best picture’ Oscar and [...]

Del Toro is clearly not someone who believes that the worst aspects of violence are better implied and thereby left to his audience’s imagination.